Zubair, 29, an A++ category militant, is the frontrunner for taking the reigns of Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir. Armed with an MPhil in Sociology, Zubair comes from a poor family. His father and younger brother work as labourers. Zubair joined the outfit in April 2018.
Zubair, who has a younger brother and three sisters, hails from Dehruna village of Kokernag in south Kashmir. In 2018, The Quint had spoken with Zubair’s mother, Rashida, who had said that her son plunged into militancy after witnessing a spate of civilian and militant killings in Kashmir that year.
“I had never thought he will join militants. But now that he has joined them, I can’t tell him to surrender,” Rashida,…
